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A 28mm Brain: July 2015
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Steampunk Building Part Two. The inside of the building was painted a neutral grey. The upper side room was done in dark grey. The side windows were glued on and clear plastic "glass" was added from the inside. Card strips were cut to length and glued on. Peak window frame was glued on. Prepainted plaster gears cast from a Keebler Gear mold were added on the sides of the porch. Definitely adds a Steampunk feel. Chimneys&...
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A 28mm Brain: June 2013
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Hinges 3: Wrap Around Bead and more examples. A hatch door with beads with wire slipped through and bent/cut. Beads Super Glued to the hatch. Card straps glued to one side, wrapped around the beads, and glued to other side. Straps painted. Door frame drilled for hinge pins which are then Super Glued in place. Hatch opens all the way. Funky hinge shapes and a sliding catch (beads/wire again, with a jump ring handle). If yo...
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A 28mm Brain: February 2013
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Saturday, February 16, 2013. Walls 2: A Hole in One. Inset Bricks. Similar to Walls 1 but this end will have inset. Bricks. A large area was marked out…. 65279; …then cut out. Note I didn’t cut. The pre-painted Linka plaster brick piece was cut to fit the hole and put aside. The timbering was glued onto the wall and everything was primed flat black. The brick piece was then glued into place, insuring it was flush with the timbering. The timberi...
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A 28mm Brain: October 2012
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Sunday, October 21, 2012. Details 4: Gears and Grates. Found a couple of really nice molds you might find useful. Both are from. Although made for resin casting, I’m using dental plaster because they will be in a static display and won‘t have to be durable. The gear mold has lots of different sizes and types. Factory worker Tony Cogges (Foundry figure? Painting gear spokes goes fast with a piece of chenille or pipe cleaner. As the game gets set...
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A 28mm Brain: January 2013
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Saturday, January 19, 2013. Scroll Saw Jigs 2: Adjust-O-Matic jig, Pattern. We interrupt your regularly scheduled program for this oh-so- important message…. Hello, it’s your friend Joey Wheazilwords here with the most significant and innovative work saver of all time! Are you tired of having to use the same old pre-set scroll saw jig each and every time you need to make an end piece for one of your spectacular buildings? It’s all here! All you...
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A 28mm Brain: November 2012
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Sunday, November 11, 2012. Linka 2: Building a Wall. I use Linka Stonework molds. Http:/ www.linkaworld.com/. To make brick walls. After I’ve cast a bunch of pieces using dental plaster and sanded their backs (see METHODS Linka 1: Thickness Sander), here’s how I put wall sections together. First, I need to connect them and fill in the cracks where the pieces meet, which is quite obvious here. Edges to minimize glue seepage onto the front. I use...
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A 28mm Brain: Steampunk Building Part Two
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Steampunk Building Part Two. The inside of the building was painted a neutral grey. The upper side room was done in dark grey. The side windows were glued on and clear plastic "glass" was added from the inside. Card strips were cut to length and glued on. Peak window frame was glued on. Prepainted plaster gears cast from a Keebler Gear mold were added on the sides of the porch. Definitely adds a Steampunk feel. Chimneys&...
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A 28mm Brain: March 2015
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Saturday, March 14, 2015. Circle Cutter. Segment Marker. Strip Cutter. Seamstress Ruler. The OLFA CMP-1 Compass Circle Cutter is a great tool for cutting circles in card or balsa/basswood sheets. The major advantage is the blade and the pivot point are vertically. Bear with me on this next part. It's much easier to do than explain. A NICE CLEAN CUT CIRCLE! WHY GO THROUGH ALL THIS? 1) The pin tube really helps the cutter and card rotate with min...
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A 28mm Brain: October 2014
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Adventures in making BUILDINGS FOR WARGAMES and other stuff. Friday, October 24, 2014. Derelict Building 3: Overhead Interior Views. The inside of the building was painted a neutral Gray, then given a heavy charcoal wash (blotted with tissue) and drybrushed a neutral gray/Barnwood mix. Hirst Dirt was scrubbed on where each floor insert meets its walls. Finished inserts from above:. Attic and barn upper storage. Saturday, October 18, 2014. Derelict Building 2: Construction. Rest of the outside of the buil...
